Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōhô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*magô, *megô

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *makъ (Old Church Slavonic макъ (makŭ)), Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn); from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ko-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛː.xɔːː/

Noun

*mōhô m

poppy, poppyseed

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *mōhô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mōhô	*mōhaniz
vocative	*mōhô	*mōhaniz
accusative	*maganų	*magnunz
genitive	*magnaz	*magnǫ̂
dative	*magini	*mahummiz
instrumental	*magnē	*magnamiz

Derived terms

Germanic: *mēhôkuppaz

Descendants

From the stem mēh-

Old Saxon: māho
- Middle Low German: mân
  - German Low German: Mahn
  - Westphalian:
    Westmünsterländisch: Maon
Old Dutch: *māho
- Middle Dutch: maen, mane (chiefly in maencop)
  - Dutch: (maankop)
Old High German: māho
- Middle High German: māhe, māhen, mān
  - German: Mohn; Mahnsamen (Mahnsaamen, Mahensaamen)

From the stem mag-

Old Saxon: *mago (attested in magosamo)
Old High German: mago
- Middle High German: mage
  - German: Magsamen (Magsaamen)
Old Norse: *mogi ⇒ Old Norse: *valmogi
- Old Swedish: valmoghe
  - Swedish: vallmo
- Danish: valmue
→ Estonian: magun
→ Latvian: magone
→ Lithuanian: aguona